published Jul 24th 2017, 4:56 pm, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg View) —Given the scale of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it may seem strange that the latest round of violence was triggered by metal detectors. But the metal detectors in question were installed by Israel at the entrances to the Temple Mount/Haram

published Jul 24th 2017, 4:26 pm, by Laura Litvan and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) —President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to start the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act, warning that anyone who votes not to take up the bill Tuesday is saying they are “fine with the Obamacare

published Jul 21st 2017, 6:34 am, by Grant Smith (Bloomberg) —OPEC and Russia’s plan to clear the global oil glut hasn’t worked as they hoped, but there’s little expectation the world’s largest producers will act more aggressively when they meet this weekend. Oil has slumped into a bear market and

published Jul 21st 2017, 4:53 am, by Zev Chafets (Bloomberg View) —The liberation of Mosul in Iraq and the imminent collapse of the Islamic State’s Syrian capital of Raqqa are wins for President Donald Trump. He was elected on a promise to pound the terrorists into submission, and that is

(Bloomberg) —Many doctors still can’t use a transcription service made by Nuance Communications Inc. three weeks after the company was hit by a powerful, debilitating computer attack. Hospital systems including Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center said eScription, a Nuance staple product that allows

published Jul 19th 2017, 4:00 pm, by Melissa Cheok (Bloomberg) —Start your day with what’s moving markets in Asia. Sign up here to receive our newsletter. When it comes to raising funds from large groups of anonymous donors over the internet, women come out tops. That could be a boon for

published Jul 19th 2017, 4:42 pm, by Ari Natter (Bloomberg) — House Republicans moved to make it easier to build pipelines from Mexico or Canada, as they sought to prevent a repeat of President Barack Obama’s drawn out rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. The requirement for a presidential permit

published Jul 18th 2017, 11:10 am, by Noah Smith (Bloomberg View) — When it comes to economics, we spend most of our time thinking about better ways to organize human activity. This is the main purpose of debates about minimum wage, universal health care, deregulation, taxes and other common economic

published Jul 18th 2017, 7:00 am, by Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg) — With informed discussion, creative thinking, and timely legislative action, Social Security can continue to protect future generations.That boilerplate language has been featured more or less verbatim in the yearly status report from the trustees of the Social Security and

published Jul 18th 2017, 7:00 pm, by Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) —On a recent trip to Shenzhen, in southern China, I came across a subway busker with two tip jars. The first was a cardboard box filled with coins and bills; the second was a small QR code taped to